
stuffy
音标:
英音/ ˈstʌfi / 美音/ ˈstʌfi /
听听基本释意:
外刊例句:
Kairat were stuffy, hard to break down, and offered little going forward, but they plotted their way through and held Celtic for 210 minutes before the lottery of the shootout.
凯拉特闷闷不乐,很难被击垮,也没有什么前进的动力,但他们精心策划了比赛,并在点球大战抽签前将凯尔特人队困住了 210 分钟。
—BBC
The actors played up their parts, with Roger Allam playing Maxwell as a stuffy, cocky British tycoon, and corrupt Soviet politicians growling in every scene.
演员们扮演了各自的角色,罗杰·阿拉姆扮演麦克斯韦,扮演一位古板、傲慢的英国大亨,腐败的苏联政客在每个场景中咆哮。
—Washington Post
But Fetterman’s regular attire is redefining fashion in the stuffy Senate.
但费特曼的日常着装正在重新定义沉闷的参议院中的时尚。
—Washington Times
基本释意:
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(房间或建筑物)闷的,通风不顺畅的;古板的,保守的;(鼻子)不通的,堵塞的
同义词:
没有找到同义词
短释义:
If your car is stuffy, it’s hot and there isn’t enough fresh air circulating. If your nose is stuffy, it’s congested (also without enough air moving through it). When a person is stuffy, he or she is a little prim and proper, without a lot of imagination or a willingness to try new things. The very earliest meaning of this adjective, dating from about 1550, was “full of substance.”
闷热的房间通风不良或充满新鲜空气。如果你的教室很闷,你可能会发现很难集中注意力。最好请老师打开窗户。
长释义:
If your car is stuffy, it’s hot and there isn’t enough fresh air circulating. If your nose is stuffy, it’s congested (also without enough air moving through it). When a person is stuffy, he or she is a little prim and proper, without a lot of imagination or a willingness to try new things. The very earliest meaning of this adjective, dating from about 1550, was “full of substance.”
如果你的车很闷,那就很热,而且没有足够的新鲜空气流通。如果你的鼻子不通气,那就是鼻塞(也没有足够的空气通过)。当一个人闷闷不乐的时候,他或她就有点拘谨、得体,没有太多的想象力,也没有愿意尝试新事物的意愿。这个形容词最早的含义可以追溯到 1550 年左右,意思是“充满实质内容”。
文学例句:
“Why don’t you sing, Kabir? It always helps me forget how stuffy this cell is, so I can sleep better.”
“你为什么不唱歌,卡比尔?它总能帮助我忘记这个牢房有多么闷热,这样我就能睡得更好。”
—Born Behind Bars by Padma Venkatraman
I remember feeling like the room was stuffy with power when Tano was around.
我记得当塔诺在场时,我感觉房间里充满了电力。
—Kwame Crashes the Underworld by Craig Kofi Farmer
We followed him out of the stuffy cabin into the humid air.
我们跟着他走出闷热的小屋,进入潮湿的空气中。
—Root Magic by Eden Royce
词源:
stuffy(adj.)1550s, “full of stuff, full of substance” (a sense now obsolete), from stuff (n.) + -y (2).
In reference to rooms, buildings, “poorly ventilated, musty from closeness,” by 1831. The figurative sense, of persons, is by 1813, originally “dull, lacking in freshness;” the meaning “pompously prim, smug, formal” is by 1895 (Kipling). Of the nose or sinuses, “clogged,” by 1871. Related: Stuffily; stuffiness.also from 1550s
下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
stuffy(adj.)1550s,“充满东西,充满实质内容”(现在已经过时的感觉),来自 stuff (n.) + -y (2)。到了 1831 年,房间、建筑物“通风不良、因封闭而发霉”。到 1813 年,比喻意义上的“人”最初是“沉闷、缺乏新鲜感”; “浮夸、拘谨、自鸣得意、正式”的意思是 1895 年出现的(吉卜林)。 1871 年,鼻子或鼻窦“堵塞”。闷闷不乐,也来自 1550 年代
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